Kevin Boley has had a busy spring conducting interviews.Boley is the head basketball coach at Legend, but he's also the athletic director who had to quiz and eventually hire head coaches for football, volleyball and swimming.Monte Thelen, the former Cherokee Trail head coach, was hired in early April to take over the Titans' football program.Last week, Boley announced that Verlyn Rosenthal will assume the coaching reins of the volleyball program from Katie Winsor to become the second volleyball coach in school history. Another Cherokee Trail coach, boys swimming coach Kipp Meeks, was hired as Legend's new girls swimming mentor.Rosenthal won three state championships and had a 66-match winning streak while coaching Colorado Springs Christian from 2002-06. He was head coach at Colorado Christian University for five seasons starting in 2010.He assumes the leadership of a Legend program that has made the state tournament the past two seasons and was ranked No. 1 in the state early during the 2015 campaign. However, the Titans will graduate five top players but return Kayleigh Thompson and Katie Turner."I'm excited," Rosenthal said. "I love coaching volleyball and this will be a real nice fit. The previous coach did a nice job in building the program and has some nice things in place. We will have to rely on some younger athletes next year."Meeks is also excited about his new venture at Legend."The girls program has a great deal of young talent and potential," he said. "I hope to bring a fun atmosphere and instill a tremendous work ethic to be a successful program competing at the 5A level."CHSAA issues weather warningLast season's spring state playoffs were hampered by wet weather, so the Colorado High School Activities Association delivered a message to schools on what can be done when games or matches are postponed despite the forecast for sunny days this week.Dates to complete regular-season competition can't be changed. When the playoffs start, there is flexibility to play on the next available day, according to the bylaws.Leagues need to make plans on how champions will be declared and the way the order of finish will be determined if some league games or matches can't be completed.Local tennis player represents U.S.A call last week to talk with Colorado Athletic Club-Inverness club tennis pro Simona Bruetting of Highlands Ranch ended without a conversation.She was unavailable because she was playing tennis in Slovakia to prepare for the International Tennis Federation's Young Seniors World Team Championships, scheduled May 1-6 in Umag, Croatia.Bruetting is the captain of the four-player USA women's Young Cup team (40 and older).She is the 2015 Indoor Hard Court and Clay Court national champion in singles and doubles for her age group. The Slovakian native was the national champion in Slovakia in the 14s, 16s and 18s in singles and doubles.New Lutheran football coachLutheran has named a new football coach to replace Blair Hubbard, who departed after two seasons to become the head coach at Broomfield.Stephen Robbins, who was head coach for Lutheran South Academy in Houston, Texas, for the past five seasons and compiled a 33-22 record, was hired April 28 to take over the Lions.Rankings released as playoffs loomHeading into the final week of the regular season, CHSAANow.com released its latest rankings. Check back in a few weeks after the state playoffs to see which teams were as good as advertised.Pine Creek is the top-ranked Class 5A baseball team with ThunderRidge second, Lakewood fifth and Ralston Valley sixth. Valor Christian is fourth in the 4A polls with Wheat Ridge ninth. Silver Creek is No. 1.Mountain Vista is fourth in the Class 5A girls soccer poll with ThunderRidge ninth as the whole state chases top-ranked Grandview. Wheat Ridge is the runner-up to Lewis Palmer in the 4A soccer rankings with Valor Christian sixth and D'Evelyn ninth.In the boys 5A lacrosse poll, Mountain Vista is second behind Regis Jesuit with Arapahoe third, Cherry Creek fourth and Chaparral tenth. Valor Christian is fifth and Golden seventh in the 4A boys with Dawson holding the top spot.Unbeaten teams Colorado Academy and Cherry Creek are one-two in the girls lacrosse poll with ThunderRidge sixth, Arapahoe seventh and Chaparral eighth.Jim Benton is a sports writer for Colorado Community Media. He has been covering sports in the Denver area since 1968. He can be reached at jbenton@coloradocommunitymedia.com or at 303-566-4083.
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